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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

God loses battle of most annoying UK ads of 2009.

(click posters) Britain's priggish Advertising Standards Authority just released their top ten most complained about ads of last year. Number 1: The Christian's Party's "There Definitely Is A God" bus poster, which was a direct response to the British Humanist Association's poster above right—which came in at #6 on the list. The pro-God ad received 1,204 complaints out of a total of 28,978, which was a 9% increase over the previous year's total. The Brits love to nag.Previously in religious marketing:• the Pope's cologne.• "I hate church"—Satan.• a critique of the Jehovah Witnesses' marketing materials.• "Obama had one, McCain had two, let me be your crazy reverend!"